Henry County Police are investigating what a Locust Grove man says he discovered inside his residence. He turned over to the police different bottles that were labeled as containing human growth hormones. The man also turned-over to the police numerous syringes and other materials that according to investigators allegedly belong to a WWE wrestler. “I had never looked in here and so she (daughter) was gonna put her stuff in here and just looked back in here and the boxes were just sitting there,” said the homeowner. The man also showed FOX 5 News where his daughter found the said boxes in the attic of their home. “It was actually pushed over closer to this wall,” said the homeowner as he pointed to a nearby wall.

The Locust Grove man was referring to two shoe boxes that have several small bottles labeled as testosterone, neomasteron—also an anabolic steroid, and some bottles with no marking. There were also numerous unopened syringes. When asked about the discovery of the boxes, the homeowner said “well being the fact that I have children I was horrified because my kids actually play up in that room and so the first thing I thought is what if they were to open and they would have gotten a hold of the stuff and the syringes.” The shoeboxes discovered also include personal documents with a name of a man who previously lived in the house. One of the documents was a contract between Mike Hettinga—wrestler, Mike Knox’s real name and a memorandum to W.W.W superstars in 2004 regarding the new dress code.

There have been efforts to reach Hettinga but all were unsuccessful. The wrestler did not respond to call to his cellphone Tuesday night and Wednesday night. Rev. Judson Powell, the Locust Grove man, moved into the home with his wife and six of their seven children last August and the discovery of the boxes came as a surprise.

Meanwhile, WWE declined to confirm whether Knox, who performs for Extreme Championship Wrestling, an arm of WWE, was the performer in question. The Connecticut-based organization said that four professional wrestlers lived in the house at one time, but only one is currently an active performer under a WWE contract. And while it is not illegal for WWE wrestlers to take steroids, the WWE Director for Publicity Kevin Hennesy told FOX 5 News “wrestlers can only be prescribed steroids by a physician which is rare and only for a specific medical condition and it is usually taken orally.” “If a wrestler is injecting steroids for performance enhancement purposes that would be a matter for local law enforcement,” he added.

This case is considered as the most recent drug-related incident to happen in WWE. Chris Benoit’s brutal murder of his wife and 7-year-old son and his suicide garnered national and international headlines. Also, more than 100 wrestlers under 50 have died from different causes such as drug and steroid abuse in the last 10 years. This statistic was according to the list compiled by the London Sun and other publications.

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